Joey D
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I have come across four or five forumites of Sicilian background, with a good grasp of Sicilian, its linguistic history, etc, and I thought it might warrant its own thread - noting I have made a habit of waylaying other threads, which I prefer not to do.
Either way, the linguistic history of Sicilian is quite interesting, and with so many influences from many other languages, there's always plenty to debate!
This will be a thread to discuss anything relating to the Sicilian language group, the etymology of words, usage variations in different parts of Sicily (and Southern Calabria and Puglia), interesting idiomatic expressions, similarities and differences with Italian and other regional languages, false friends, linguistic change over the last couple of centuries, early Sicilian writings, etc, etc.
Either way, the linguistic history of Sicilian is quite interesting, and with so many influences from many other languages, there's always plenty to debate!
This will be a thread to discuss anything relating to the Sicilian language group, the etymology of words, usage variations in different parts of Sicily (and Southern Calabria and Puglia), interesting idiomatic expressions, similarities and differences with Italian and other regional languages, false friends, linguistic change over the last couple of centuries, early Sicilian writings, etc, etc.